Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

